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...Took over as Prime Minister in 2004 after India's Congress Party, led by Sonia Gandhi - the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - took power in landslide elections. Singh is the first non-Hindu to hold the position...
...Prime Minister in 2005, brokered a landmark nuclear agreement with the U.S. that ended 34 years of isolation for India in nuclear commerce; international sanctions had previously cut the country off from foreign technology after it tested its first nuclear bomb in 1974; in India the deal brought criticism for fostering overly close ties...
...Began his second term as Prime Minister in May 2009, after the Congress Party notched a second legislative win, calling the victory a "massive mandate" for Congress's platform of economic reform and championing the poor. He's the first Indian incumbent to be re-elected in 40 years. (Read "Five Challenges Facing India's Election Victors...
Quotes About: "He has been the cleanest Prime Minister. There are no scandals against him." - M. Veerappa Moily, Congress Working Committee member, on Singh while he was running for re-election (Indo-Asian News Service, April...
...really like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister is a wise leader." - George W. Bush, former U.S. President, complimenting Singh the day after he called Bush a "great friend of India" (Press Trust of India...